Can You Score 20/20? Identify the Horror Movie From Its Iconic Setting Alone Trivia Quiz

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Test your horror knowledge by identifying these iconic films purely from their unforgettable settings. From remote cabins to cursed apartments, this quiz mixes easy classics with tougher deep cuts. Grab a pen and see if you can name them all.

Questions

Question 1: A sprawling, isolated Art Deco hotel in the snowy Colorado Rockies, complete with a massive hedge maze?

A. The Overlook (1980)

B. Doctor Sleep (2019)

C. The Shining (1980)

D. Misery (1990)

Question 2: A remote summer camp nestled by a crystal-clear lake surrounded by dense woods?

A. Friday the 13th (1980)

B. Sleepaway Camp (1983)

C. The Burning (1981)

D. Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)

Question 3: A rundown highway motel with a swamp out back and a looming Victorian house on a hill?

A. Motel Hell (1980)

B. Psycho (1960)

C. Vacancy (2007)

D. Identity (2003)

Question 4: A decrepit, bone-strewn farmhouse in the scorching rural Texas badlands?

A. X (2022)

B. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

C. House of 1000 Corpses (2003)

D. The Hills Have Eyes (1977)

Question 5: An elegant Georgetown townhouse with steep stairs overlooking Washington D.C.?

A. The Exorcist (1973)

B. Staircase (1969)

C. The Possession (2012)

D. Deliver Us from Evil (2014)

Question 6: Quiet, middle-class suburban streets in Haddonfield, Illinois, lit by jack-o’-lanterns?

A. Halloween (1978)

B. Trick ’r Treat (2007)

C. Hell Fest (2018)

D. When Evil Lurks (2023)

Question 7: Foggy suburban neighbourhood with modest two-storey houses on a street lined with boilers?

A. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

B. It Follows (2014)

C. Fright Night (1985)

D. Poltergeist (1982)

Question 8: A large Dutch Colonial house with lion-headed windows on a quiet Long Island canal?

A. The Amityville Horror (1979)

B. The Conjuring (2013)

C. The Haunting in Connecticut (2009)

D. Amityville II: The Possession (1982)

Question 9: A contemporary suburban home plagued by backyard spirits and a muddy sinkhole pool?

A. Poltergeist (1982)

B. Insidious (2010)

C. The Others (2001)

D. Sinister (2012)

Question 10: A bustling New England beach resort town terrorised by shark attacks?

A. Deep Blue Sea (1999)

B. The Shallows (2016)

C. 47 Meters Down (2017)

D. Jaws (1975)

Question 11: A massive commercial towing spaceship drifting through deep space?

A. Event Horizon (1997)

B. Life (2017)

C. Alien (1979)

D. Prometheus (2012)

Question 12: A frozen U.S. Antarctic research station buried in endless ice?

A. The Thing (1982)

B. The Thing from Another World (1951)

C. Antarctica (1983)

D. 30 Days of Night (2007)

Question 13: A rickety wooden cabin deep in Tennessee forest by a fog-shrouded lake?

A. The Cabin in the Woods (2012)

B. Evil Dead (1981)

C. Cabin Fever (2002)

D. The Ritual (2017)

Question 14: A grimy industrial bathroom rigged with traps in a derelict warehouse?

A. Hostel (2005)

B. Saw (2004)

C. Cube (1997)

D. Would You Rather (2012)

Question 15: A labyrinthine, quarantined apartment block in modern Barcelona?

A. [REC] (2007)

B. Quarantine (2008)

C. The Horde (2009)

D. Apartment 143 (2011)

Question 16: Vast, eerily empty streets and landmarks of post-apocalyptic London?

A. 28 Weeks Later (2007)

B. World War Z (2013)

C. 28 Days Later (2002)

D. I Am Legend (2007)

Question 17: A remote, all-female cave expedition in the pitch-black Appalachian Mountains?

A. The Descent (2005)

B. The Cave (2005)

C. As Above, So Below (2014)

D. The Pyramid (2014)

Question 18: A luxurious Gothic apartment building overlooking Central Park in New York City?

A. Rosemary’s Baby (1968)

B. The Sentinel (1977)

C. 1408 (2007)

D. Basket Case (1982)

Question 19: An idyllic Swedish commune meadow with yellow flowers under 24-hour daylight?

A. Hereditary (2018)

B. Midsommar (2019)

C. The Wicker Man (1973)

D. Apostle (2018)

Question 20: A sprawling, isolated farmhouse in rural Rhode Island with a haunted attic?

A. The Witch (2015)

B. The Conjuring (2013)

C. Annabelle: Creation (2017)

D. The Blackcoat’s Daughter (2015)

Answers

  1. C. The Shining (1980) — Iconic Overlook Hotel in the Rocky Mountains; Doctor Sleep revisits it later.
  2. A. Friday the 13th (1980) — Camp Crystal Lake setting.
  3. B. Psycho (1960) — Bates Motel with swamp and house on the hill.
  4. B. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) — Sawyer family farmhouse in rural Texas.
  5. A. The Exorcist (1973) — MacNeil townhouse on steep Georgetown stairs in Washington D.C.
  6. A. Halloween (1978) — Haddonfield, Illinois suburbs on Halloween.
  7. A. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) — 1428 Elm Street in Springwood.
  8. A. The Amityville Horror (1979) — 112 Ocean Avenue on Long Island.
  9. A. Poltergeist (1982) — Cuesta Verde suburban home with the pool.
  10. D. Jaws (1975) — Amity Island beach resort town.
  11. C. Alien (1979) — Commercial towing ship Nostromo in deep space.
  12. A. The Thing (1982) — Outpost 31 Antarctic research station.
  13. B. Evil Dead (1981) — Remote cabin in the Tennessee woods.
  14. B. Saw (2004) — Grimy industrial bathroom trap room.
  15. A. [REC] (2007) — Quarantined apartment block in Barcelona.
  16. C. 28 Days Later (2002) — Deserted post-apocalyptic London streets.
  17. A. The Descent (2005) — Appalachian cave system explored by an all-female group.
  18. A. Rosemary’s Baby (1968) — The Bramford apartment building overlooking Central Park.
  19. B. Midsommar (2019) — Hårga commune in rural Sweden during midsummer.
  20. B. The Conjuring (2013) — Perron farmhouse (Arnold Estate) in rural Rhode Island.

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